DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s hard-liners are leading in an initial vote count in the capital Tehran, state media reported Sunday, following a record-low turnout in a parliamentary election. State-run IRNA news agency and state TV said 1,960 from 5,000 ballots in Tehran had been counted so far, based on an Interior Ministry report … Read more
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo testifies during the House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing titled “Chips on the Table: A one year review of the CHIPS and Science Act,” in the Rayburn Building in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 19, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Biden … Read more
Sydney Sweeney opened up about her career while playing with adorable puppies. The 26-year-old Madame Web actress said down for an interview with BuzzFeed, and it featured a herd of playful dogs. Between stopping one from nibbling on her shoes and some cute cuddling, Sydney opened up about a variety of topics. Notably, she revealed … Read more
It has been a rocky year for plans for large-scale cultivated-meat production. In May 2022, another Californian startup, Eat Just, announced its plans to build up to 10 large bioreactors, each with a 250,000-liter capacity, with the bioreactor firm ABEC. The deal fell apart, with ABEC later filing an amended legal complaint in federal court … Read more
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Millions of people will take buses, motorcycles, boats or ferries on Wednesday to polling centers across the sprawling archipelago of Indonesia, where they’ll vote for a successor to President Joko Widodo. The vote follows months of debate over the extent of Widodo’s influence in the election and is being seen as a … Read more
Jorge Calderon Contributor Jorge Calderon is managing director at San Francisco–based Inicio Ventures, an initiative of Hispanics in Philanthropy. Over the last 25 years, I’ve been a tech investor, founder, organizer, strategist and academic. I’m proud to be part of a growing group of diverse leaders shaping an innovation system that represents and benefits us … Read more
ROME — Police detained an Italian man found with a knife in his bag on the boulevard leading to St. Peter’s Square hours before Pope Francis made his weekly appearance at a Vatican palace window Sunday. The Italian news agency ANSA said the knife was discovered during an inspection of the bag as part of … Read more
San Miguel’s defense was also unforgiving as CJ Perez (No. 77) and Mo Tautuaa force Stephen Holt to pop out a pass. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ San Miguel Beer has reasons to be confident going into the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner’s Cup quarterfinals with the twice-to-beat almost locked up and its new import coming up … Read more
André Vellozo Contributor André Vellozo is a Brazilian businessman, cybernetician, inventor, and advocate for data ownership rights. He is the founder and CEO of Palo Alto, California-based DrumWave. Brett King is an Australian futurist, best-selling author of “Bank 4.0” and “Augmented” and co-founder of Moven, the first U.S. mobile neobank. He served as an adviser … Read more
It only took 18 minutes to evacuate the 379 passengers of Japan Airlines Flight 516 after their plane burst into flames just after touchdown at Tokyo’s Haneda airport Tuesday evening. A smaller coast guard Bombardier Dash-8 aircraft, preparing to take off to deliver urgent aid to quake-hit central Japan, was using the same runway when … Read more